stinger

[ sting-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that stings.
2. an animal or plant having a stinging organ.
3. the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal.
4. Informal. a stinging blow, remark, or the like.
5. a cocktail made of brandy and crème de menthe.
6. Stinger, Military. a U.S. Army shoulder-launched, heat-seeking antiaircraft missile with a range of 3 miles (5 kilometers).
7. British Informal. a highball of whiskey and soda.
8. Television.
   1. a clip appearing during or after the closing credits of a show or movie:

      The next season’s new cast member appears briefly in the stinger.

   2. sting ( def 21 ).

Stinger

¹

/ ˈstɪŋə /

noun

1. a device, consisting of a long track of raised spikes, laid across a road by police to puncture the tyres of escaping vehicles

ˈstinger

²

/ ˈstɪŋə /

noun

1. a person, plant, animal, etc, that stings or hurts
2. any marine creature that stings its victims, esp the box jellyfish
3. Alsostengah a whisky and soda with crushed ice

stinger

/ stĭng′ər /

1. A sharp stinging organ, such as that of a bee, scorpion, or stingray. Stingers usually inject venom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stinger¹

First recorded in 1545–55; sting + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A brain-feeling stinger is just one example of the myriad ways animals sense the world around them.

From Science News

The researchers used fluorescent dye to see the stingers in action and scanning electron microscopy to reconstruct their three-dimensional structure.

From Science News

Scientists had an idea of how such stingers worked, but until now, had never gotten so up close and personal.

From Science News

Stingers and other tools, for instance, seek local, naturally occurring magnetic field variations.

From Popular-Science

Then, in desperate need of a big hit from somewhere, Roberts asked Justin Turner — who was out of the lineup for the first time in 77 Dodgers postseason games because of a stinger in his neck — to pinch-hit for Gavin Lux.

From Washington Post

In the later stages of the war, the American-made Stinger missile was introduced and wreaked havoc among the Soviet helicopters.

From The Daily Beast

The nose—as anyone knows who ever has received a stinger from an errant baseball—has countless pain fibers.

From The Daily Beast

“Certain weapons like Stinger missiles are extremely hard to control once they are transferred,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

A tactful man can pull the stinger from a bee without getting stung.

From Project Gutenberg

As for the “Prince,” he seemed totally unconscious of his surroundings as he slid one more stinger over the plate.

From Project Gutenberg

But Stinger would not consent, and it was understood that the dangerous task was to be undertaken by him who proposed it.

From Project Gutenberg

As he spoke, he began descending the ladder, which answered for the stairs, Stinger following him.

From Project Gutenberg

Inasmuch as Stinger wished to get out, and they wished to get in, they might 89 as well have exchanged positions.

From Project Gutenberg